Patents by Inventor Florence J. Ruhl

Florence J. Ruhl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5904149
    Abstract: A support device for artificial fingernails for selectively securing artificial fingernails on individual support members, which device includes an elongated base having a substantially planar bottom surface and a plurality of individual nail support members connected to the base and extending vertically therefrom. Each support member includes a top portion forming a nail support surface which includes a quantity of reusable tacky material incorporated thereon for securing an individual nail to the support surface. In the preferred embodiment, the base is sized for accommodating five, similarly sized, vertically extending nail support members in spaced relation aligned along the longitudinal axis of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Inventors: Florence J. Ruhl, Stephen L. Ruhl